A 9-year-old class two girl has been left partially paralysed after falling off from a table after her teacher allegedly attempted to defile her. Parents of the child have been left to keep her at home due to their inability to fund her hospital bills.

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Read: Defilement cases up by 26%; Greater Accra, Ashanti top The nine-year-old girl said on the day she reported late to vacation classes, the class teacher offered to teach her what she had missed but ended up defiling her instead.

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In an interview on Accra-based Joy FM which was monitored by PrimeNewsGhana, the nine-year-old narrated her ordeal saying, "when I went to the class some of the children were writing, there was one of my friends in the classroom, so I told her to wait but the teacher asked her to leave, he sacked all of them" "when I started writing, he came closer and rubbed his hands around my head and said my father has asked him to provide all my needs, he

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[the teacher] put me on one of the tables and starting inserting his hands into my genitals. It was painful, and I started struggling with him," the victim said. Read: 15-year-old paralyzed in an apparent trespass shooting She explains that in her attempt to flee she ended up hitting her leg against a table.

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"In an attempt to flee my leg hit one of the table, I fell down and later run home with one of my younger sister, when I got home, I was scared to tell my mum." The victim's Uncle says the suspect confessed to the crime, and when later confronted, he gave 50cedis to cater for the girl but denied the allegation when the matter was reported to the Police. Source: primenewsghana.com

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